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In Grozny, a court pronounced a decision to extend the arrest of Zarema Musaeva, a spouse of former federal judge Saidi Yangulbaev, for three months. This was reported by the “Team Against Torture”*.

Zelimkhan Mazaev, a native of Chechnya, who was convicted of robbery and was suspected of organizing the murder of Sulim Yamadaev, the former commander of the “Vostok” battalion, was arrested on the charge of organizing an illegal armed formation (IAF).

By means of his possible resignation, Ramzan Kadyrov wanted to spur his career advancement, but failing to receive the expected reaction, he declared that he would stay in office, analysts believe.

The decision of the Investigating Committee on the refusal to institute a criminal case on the kidnapping of Dagestani native Ibragim Selimkhanov by Chechen law enforcers was declared illegal.

The Grozny police held a preventive conversation with women who were engaged in begging. Social media users have expressed their support for such actions and emphasized the need to fight not only with visiting beggars, but also with residents of Chechnya who go begging.

Female students of the Astrakhan Medical University have complained that they are forbidden to attend classes in hijabs. The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has instructed Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, to take the issue under his personal control.

In his video message, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that he had no right to leave his post without asking the people and the Russian president. According to his story, the talk about the termless vacation will have to be left for the future.

Ramzan Kadyrov’s words about going on indefinite leave will be followed by his appointment to a federal post, analysts suggest. In their comments on Instagram*, social media users urged Ramzan Kadyrov to remain the leader of Chechnya.

The Kremlin is aware of Ramzan Kadyrov's statement about his possible resignation from the post of the head of Chechnya, but it has not materialized yet, said Dmitry Peskov, the presidential press secretary.

Collections of hadiths and generally accepted works by Islamic scholars should be included into lists of religious literature that cannot be classified as extremist materials, the Coordinating Centre of Muslims of Northern Caucasus has stated after the collection "Sahih al-Bukhari"* was banned.

Dokku Djantemirov, a native of Chechnya, claimed compensation of one million roubles for the custody conditions at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Volgograd, where he was fed food made from pork.

The author of the video with an apology for the derogatory words about Chechens has explained that he was talking about specific individuals, and not about the entire Chechen people.